alt-b, alt-f does not work in xterm

I use xterm under cygwin/Xming.

Alt+B (jump one开发者_如何学Python word backwards) and Alt-F (one word forward) do not work, but instead display some diacritical characters or something.

I have created a file .Xresources and a file .Xdefaults in my home dir, each containing only this line:

xterm*eightBitInput: false

Yet the problem persists.

I was trying to do the same.

I had to add:

xterm*metaSendsEscape: true 

in my .Xresources file and then restart my system. Wouldn't work without the restart.

I think the relevant resource is metaSendsEscape, which you'll want to set to true.